Done & Dunne

In this week's episode, we center Dominick Dunne back into the picture - from a fortune given to him in the 1940s to the very precipice of his 1957 entry into Hollywood.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we continue our investigation into the life and death of Marilyn Monroe, specifically covering the years from 1955 to 1959. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Investigators, in our episode this week, we finally get our couple down the aisle! Today's tale includes all the happenings surrounding the September 1953 affair.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we are going to travel from 1950 - from where we left Jack calling Jackie, nine months too late, to 1953 - when Jackie will get that marriage proposal from Jack.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a little bit of a linear leap, but it's all connected! For this week's episode, we stay in the early 1950's to align Jacqueline Bouvier with John F. Kennedy, at least in the background and courtship phases of their relationship, along with the new characters it brings into our universe. This cornerstone will lead us to the engagement and marriage within the next two years between Jack and Jackie, leading us back into the conclusion of our Marilyn Monroe episodes.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we pause briefly within our Marilyn Monroe episodes to investigate the affair of Gloria Swanson and Joseph P. Kennedy. This liaison creates an example for the Kennedy boys that will factor into their treatment of their wives and mistresses in the coming years.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we investigate the year of three weddings, and one split - 1954. It is not only Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio that will wed this year, but also Dominick Dunne and Peter Lawford. By the end of 1954, Marilyn is single again, and close to living her best life.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we continue our investigation into Marilyn Monroe, we focus on the years 1951 to 1953. Marilyn connects with two important men in her life in this time period – the first being her future husband, Joe DiMaggio. The second man is Peter Lawford, who will intersect with her life, and Dominick’s too, in a variety of ways in the years that follow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dominick Dunne, by his own admission, worshipped Marilyn Monroe, and was lucky enough to get to know her a bit during their overlapping years in Hollywood. In this episode, we’ll meet Marilyn at the beginning of her journey, including her childhood, first marriage, and the origins of her stardom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Done & Dunne has spent some time at Beverly Hills mainstay The Daisy, the exclusive club that Nick and Lenny were members of, and where Frank Sinatra once paid the maitre d’ to punch Dominick in the face. Years later, Nicole Brown Simpson was a hostess at The Daisy when she, very consequentially, met OJ Simpson.But before The Daisy, another legendary establishment occupied the same address. Romanoff’s, a restaurant that served as the hangout for the stars who built Old Hollywood, was the contribution of flamboyant owner Michael Romanoff, a man who spun a tale about his own origin story and in the process, made himself a figure in the glitz and glamour of the place and the era.Sources:Spotlight on… Romanoff’s (martinturnbull.com) Longtime FVS Supporter and Former Board President Sam Goldwyn Jr. ’43 Passes Away (fvs.edu) Crashing the Party, with Mike Romanoff and Gloria Vanderbilt – Nick Harvill Libraries (nickharvilllibraries.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices